Just For Fun Friday 05/16/2014
In the spring, my thoughts turn to … Growing Things! MASTER GARDENER I am a Master Gardener. I’m certified, you know. Instructors said I made the grade and I can make things grow. I am a Master Gardener. I studied all the books on treating soil, lawnmower oil, and plants that […]
Just For Fun Friday 05/02/2014
This was actually written when I returned from Lucidity in April 2013, but I found I had the same dilemma when I returned last Friday. Sometimes you just don’t want to get back into the real world… Extending the peace I unload the car, unpack the cases, return everything to its proper place […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/25/2014
Did you carry a poem in your pocket yesterday? Here at the Lucidity Poets Retreat, in Eureka Springs, AR, with the lovely Ozarks as a background, we didn’t have to…our group of 40-some-odd poets walked around all day with books and notebooks full of them. The Lucidity poets have created an anthology, called April in […]
Legacy of the Laureates
Have you ever wondered about the position of Poet Laureate of the United States? Would it surprise you that, far from being just an honorary title, it’s actually a job? Originally called the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, in 1986 the title was changed to Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. It is […]
Just For Fun Friday 04/18/2014
Computers are both a boon and a bane to us writers. If I had to hand-write everything I….well, I wouldn’t. For one thing, my handwriting is horrible, even when it’s fresh. By the end of the first few paragraphs or verses, not even the best cryptographers in the world could decipher it. In addition, I can’t imagine […]
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